Cotuit woman charged with assault on child

BARNSTABLE — A Cotuit woman pleaded not guilty to three charges Monday after allegedly hitting a child with her hand and a wooden spoon, according to Barnstable District Court documents.

Rakha Mahabir, 28, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child with injury, and assault and battery, according to documents.

Barnstable police spoke to the child Wednesday at Children's Cove, a child abuse intervention center, according to a police report. A guidance counselor had contacted the state Department of Children and Families after the child showed up at school with bruises, according to the report.

The child told investigators that Mahabir hit her in the face with her hand and poked her in the stomach and hit her on the back with a wooden spoon, according to a police report. Mahabir later admitted to detectives that she hit the child, according to the report.

Mahabir was released on her own recognizance, according to documents. She is scheduled to return to court for a pretrial hearing July 13.

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